TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List"

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List"

DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Fantastic share and a very interesting read. Lady Bird feels like the 60s version of Nancy Reagan. I need to read more about it. Thanks!

Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 3 months ago

I don’t know the specifics of why Nixon thought Eartha Kitt was an 'enemy.

Nixon got his start as a Congressman on the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was doing the same thing as McCarthy was doing in the Senate, and as a California boy he was tuned into Hollywood.

TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List"

TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List"

Master list of Nixon's political opponents - Wikipedia